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All episodes Season 1 S01E08 1977-11-19 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found

TV Flash files “The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found” as hour 8 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 8, aired 1977-11-19, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E08: listed hour 8 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 8 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1977-11-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx” (S01E07). Next is “Romance Roulette / The Captain's Captain / Hounded” (S01E09).

The Love Boat — The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found (S01E08)

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"The Understudy," written by Ben Joelson and Art Baer, is all about Connie Evans (Jo Anne Harris), a seemingly forthright young lady who has signed on as a cruise director trainee, assisting Julie McCoy. Winning the favor of Capt. Stubing, Connie undermines Julie and nearly gets her job. In "Married Singles," Steve Allen and Polly Bergen are Durwood and Maisie, a married couple trying to have fun pretending they don't know each other. Ray Jessel wrote the script. In "Lost and Found, " Sandy Duncan and Jim Stafford play Sharon and Richard Baker, a young couple whose only child has died. During their voyage, they find new happiness through a runaway child, played by James Bond III.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E08 is listed hour 8 of 245 — hour 8 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 8.

When did The Love Boat S01E08 air?

The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found aired 1977-11-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I watch in order?

No. It is a multi-story guest-star anthology with a regular crew. Sample any cruise; Stubing's ship is the constant.

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Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing hosts three guest-star storylines a week while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac keep the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as feature, theme as furniture. Bon voyage, subtlety — the cameo sport still photographs.

The first image is white: uniforms, rails, Pacific soft-focus, and Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill Stubing hosting three guest-star storylines before the dessert cart. ABC's The Love Boat (1977–1986) turned cruise vacation into Aaron Spelling's floating hit factory — nine seasons, 245 episodes, formula as feature. Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy, Ted Lange's Isaac, Bernie Kopell's Doc, and Fred Grandy's Gopher never age out of meddling. Jeraldine Saunders' nonfiction about cruise life inspired the premise; Wilford…

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